Re: GR translation: feathering out like trailing edges of hawks’ wings

[Mike Jing]

Thanks for replying, Mark and Joseph.


On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM J Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> Since the reference is to hawks wings I would say, as Marks’ reference
> photos indicate, eyebrows that spread and extend out at the tips ( toward
> the ears).  There may be a perfect word in Chinese, as Taoist masters are
> sometimes pictured with extended eyebrows and there are qigong exercises
> where you brush your eyebrows and imagine them extending out.. The term ’to
> feather out ‘ is also used in art referring to spreading out paint with a
> brush to where it  gets fuzzy and disappears.
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> > On Apr 4, 2025, at 6:42 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hawks wings end as feathers.
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> https://www.google.com/search?q=Picture+of+the+feathering+out+of+hawks+wings&newwindow=1&sca_esv=8d8d37d839baca63&sxsrf=AHTn8zoji3zAwXNw1qKpFVdAmhoXqWqyUw:1743763193323&source=hp&biw=1749&bih=906&ei=-bbvZ-_wEN6v5NoPqtSX0QI&iflsig=ACkRmUkAAAAAZ-_FCT28ycHqGhOZCKSTLyWMXJTOm8Sz&ved=0ahUKEwiv0dSNmL6MAxXeF1kFHSrqJSoQ4dUDCBc&uact=5&oq=Picture+of+the+feathering+out+of+hawks+wings&gs_lp=EgNpbWciLFBpY3R1cmUgb2YgdGhlIGZlYXRoZXJpbmcgb3V0IG9mIGhhd2tzIHdpbmdzSMqHAVAAWOF3cAJ4AJABAJgBa6AB5hGqAQQ0My4xuAEDyAEA-AEBigILZ3dzLXdpei1pbWeYAhigArEJwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAggQABiABBixA8ICDhAAGIAEGLEDGIMBGIoFwgIFEAAYgATCAg0QABiABBixAxiDARgKwgIEEAAYA8ICBBAAGB7CAgYQABgIGB6YAwCSBwIyNKAHyGuyBwIyMrgHpwk&sclient=img&udm=2
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> > On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
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> >> V464.20-24, P472.4-8   “Beg pardon?” Slothrop looks around and finds
> Miklos
> >> Thanatz, full beard, eyebrows feathering out like trailing edges of
> hawks’
> >> wings, drinking absinthe out of a souvenir stein on which, in colors
> made
> >> ghastly by the carnival lights on deck, bony and giggling Death is
> about to
> >> surprise two lovers in bed.
> >>
> >> What does "feathering out" mean here?
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